Workers' Compensation Glossary: A

Workers' Compensation Commission form entitled "EMPLOYER'S
FIRST REPORT OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS" (for non-State employees)
or State of Connecticut Form PER WC-207 (for State employees) required to be filed by an
employer in cases of an employee's occupational injury or disease that results in
incapacity from work of one day or more.

Administrative Regulations

Regulations adopted in accordance with statutory authority to prescribe
procedures and requirements within the workers' compensation system.

Agreement

Written agreement between an employer's workers' compensation insurance
carrier or a self-insured employer and an employee with a compensable work-related injury
or occupational disease specifying the type and amount of workers' compensation benefit
paid to the employee. An agreement must be made using the Workers' Compensation
Commission's "Voluntary Agreement", Form WCC-1.

Appeal

Request by one of the parties in a workers' compensation case to have
the Workers' Compensation Commission's Compensation Review Board (CRB) hear the case,
which has already been heard in some lower level Informal or Formal Hearing(s). The
appealing party requests an overturning of some earlier decision(s) by the Workers'
Compensation Commissioner(s) who heard the case at the earlier hearing(s).

Approved List of Medical Practitioners

The Workers' Compensation Commission Chairman (in consultation with the
Workers' Compensation Advisory Board) may establish a list of approved physicians and
other practitioners who may render medical services to employees with compensable work-
related injuries or occupational diseases. Administrative Regulation 31-280-1 specifies
standards for approval of medical practitioners to treat employees in workers'
compensation cases, as well as criteria for removal of practitioners from the list.

Arising Out Of and In The Course of
Employment

An employee's accidental injury or occupational disease originating
while he or she was engaged in the line of duty in the business or affairs of the
employer, upon the employer's premises or elsewhere by the direction, express or implied,
of the employer.

Attending Physician

Medical practitioner who is the primary medical caregiver of an employee
with a compensable work-related injury or occupational disease. An attending physician
must be on the Workers' Compensation Commission Chairman's "Approved List of Medical
Practitioners" to treat employees in workers' compensation cases.

Attending Physician's First Report of
Injury

Workers' Compensation Commission Form 48 used by an attending physician
to report initial medical findings related to an employee's compensable work-related
injury or occupational disease or the State of Connecticut's Form PER WC-208 used by an
attending physician to report initial medical findings for State employees with
compensable work-related injuries or occupational diseases.

Attending Physician's Supplemental Report

Workers' Compensation Commission Form 49 used by an attending physician
to report medical findings related to an employee's compensable work-related injury or
occupational disease during the course of treatment.